From: jason robbins [tofutastic_at_hotmail_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 01 November 2009 12:03
Subject: FW: TWILIGHT FOLK MAILOUT -MARTIN CARTHY LIVE-NOVEMBER 2009

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Hi people (new and old!)
Hope all that attended the last two amazing gigs enjoyed them as much as I did-SHARRON KRAUS with PETER DELANEY and C JOYNES, and THE LEISURE SOCIETY with JON WOODE (see picture attached of gig)-i think you will agree, real highlights from the Canterbury festival! Amazing to get as many people turn up to them both as we did, given how many other events were happening, so thanks again to all those involved.

http://www.myspace.com/theleisuresociety
http://www.myspace.com/jonwoode
http://www.sharronkraus.com
http://www.myspace.com/peterdelaney
http://www.myspace.com/cjoynes

Our next gig is already NEARLY SOLD OUT-An artist that will need very little introduction to most of you, with a very special support act too!

NOVEMBER-Sat 21st 8.00 pm
TICKETS £12/£10 IN ADVANC
E Tel: 01227 760801

LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB, CANTERBURY

MARTIN CARTHY

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`Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all' Q Magazine


“one of the finest singers and interpreters of traditional music of the British Isles-Awarded the MBE for services to English folk music in 1998”  THE BBC


For more than 40 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.  Trailblazing musical partnerships with, amongst others, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and his award-winning wife (Norma Waterson) and daughter Eliza Carthy have resulted in more than 40 albums, but Martin has only recorded 10 solo albums, of which the much anticipated Waiting for Angels (Topic TSCD527) is the latest.  


 

Whether in the folk clubs (which he continues to champion), on the concert stage or making TV appearances (he was the subject of the acclaimed `Originals' music documentary strand on BBC 2) - there are few roles that Martin Carthy hasn't played. He's a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic & electric guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.


 

In June 1998 he was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. He was named Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002, and again in 2005 when he also won the award for Best Traditional Track for 'amous Flower of Serving Men. In the 2007 Folk Awards Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick won Best Duo.  In 2008 he won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Traditional Track for Cold Haily Rainy Night alongside Eliza Carthy and Chris Wood as part of The Imagined Village project. 


This is what the BBC website has to say about Martin Carthy and his award in 2005:
“For four decades, Martin Carthy's work has immeasurably enriched the British folk heritage. He is regarded as one of the finest singers and interpreters of traditional music of the British Isles, as well as a highly influential and much-imitated guitarist. Awarded the MBE for services to English folk music in 1998, his drive and enthusiasm are undiminished and he continues to be one of folk music's great innovators.”

http://www.watersoncarthy.com/id22.htm

with support from




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The Owl Service was formed by Steven Collins in 2006 as a vehicle to explore his love of British films and television of the 1960s and 70s, the great outdoors and the sound of the English folk revival. After a series of self-releases their debut album, A Garland of Song, was reissued by Southern Records in 2008; an eclectic selection of traditional material interspersed with mostly instrumental originals, the album received rave reviews from Word and Plan B magazines among others. An EP recorded with Alison O'Donnell (formerly of legendary Irish '70s prog/folk band Mellow Candle) entitled The Fabric of Folk followed on Static Caravan in 2009 and their sophomore full length record is set for release in February 2010 on their own Midwich Records label.

http://www.myspace.com/theowlservice

DO NOT HESITATE to phone the club if you want tickets for the above, there is literally only a handful left!

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UPCOMING  TWILIGHT FOLK GIGS AT THE CLUB


THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD 2009 8.00 PM TICKETS £5.00

THE KIM THOMPSETT BAND


"..... Kim Thompsett took herself off to a secluded wood outside Battle for her inspiration.  The result is the Rye singer-songwriter’s debut CD Songs From the Uglee Meadow.  As well as singing, multi-instrumentalist Kim plays guitar, flute, zither, recorder and percussion.  The result is an intimate and intensely personal recording, rich in pastoral imagery and rooted in the English landscape.....
It draws on Celtic, medieval and English folk, but the album is not overwhelmed by its influences, retaining its own shape and identity.  The tone is ruminative, reflective and at times celebratory, whether a poignant love song crafted from an epitaph or taking in the beauty of leaf and stream.  For more reference points, think Sandy Denny’s Who Knows Where the Time Goes?....
Philip G Martin guests
on hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes ( WILL SUMMERS from CIRCULUS also appears ) , while Sarah Tadros weaves cobweb patterns on violin. A very mellow recording, not so much shoe-gaze as tree-gaze, and a finely crafted piece of English whimsy.  "


www.myspace.com/kimthompsett

WITH SUPPORT FROM

BENEATH THE OAK



www.myspace.com/beneaththeoak



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SATURDAY DECEMBER 12TH

ROBB JOHNSON

and THE IRREGULARS

  

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'Robb Johnson & The Irregulars albums are always something pretty special, but with Love & Death & Politics the UK’s most consistently strong songwriter has excelled with a collection that offers a fascinating, absorbing and essential insight into the Britain of today’
Sean McGhee, RocknReel


www.myspace.com/irregularrobbjohnson

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Another exciting booking for the new year which i really cant wait for, is on January 10th-join us for a raucous evening of drinking and Irish folk music, with the countrys top POGUES tribute band, THE POGUE TRADERS , the best way to kick start that liver for 2010!!

POGUE
TRADERS


http://www.poguetraders.co.uk/images/17pt1.jpg

http://www.poguetraders.co.uk

http:www.myspace.com/twilightfolkclub










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